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Tag: Medi-Cal

CA Legislature Creating an ‘Office of Healthcare Affordability:’ What Could Go Wrong?

February 9, 2021   1:01 pmFebruary 11, 2021   9:37 am
The California Legislature has a proposal to create an Office of Healthcare Affordability. Sounding Orwellian, while a new agency focused on making healthcare more affordable may be just what the doctor ordered, this proposal creates a massive new bureaucracy and...
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Spokeswoman for Sacramento Mayor Calls Protesters ‘Terrorists’ For Protesting Mayor’s Home Over Homeless

February 8, 2021   1:52 pmFebruary 8, 2021   2:00 pm
Apparently, the only activists and protesters who the media will label “terrorists,” “anarchists,” and “left wing” these days are those “who have been vocal critics of the city’s leadership.” Last summer, as celebrities, professional athletes, corporate America, media figures, ethnic...
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Medi-Cal Backed “Food Prescription” Pilot Program Bill Introduced in Assembly

February 1, 2021   6:01 pm
On Monday, a bill that would create a “food prescription” pilot program for Medi-Cal beneficiaries with health conditions was introduced to the Assembly. Assembly Bill 368, authored by Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), specifically aims at getting healthier food to people...
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Sacramento’s ‘Unhoused’ Population Get Warming Centers AFTER Huge Storm

January 28, 2021   7:33 amJanuary 28, 2021   2:29 pm
The Sacramento City Council Wednesday voted unanimously in an emergency meeting to immediately open a warming center, a local pool house as needed, and two downtown city garages with bathrooms as safe places for homeless people, the Mayor’s office reported. ...
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Medicare Cap Rate on Laboratory Reimbursements Would Be Removed Under New Bill

January 21, 2021   11:52 amFebruary 1, 2021   11:52 am
On Thursday, a new bill was introduced  in the Assembly that, if passed, would remove  the current 80% cap on Medicare reimbursement rates for laboratories in California. Under Assembly Bill 265, authored by Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach), laboratories would...
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Sacramento Mayor Steinberg’s Plan to Stop NIMBYs From Blocking Homeless Shelters

December 8, 2020   8:59 amDecember 8, 2020   3:34 pm
Rather than finding ways to get Sacramento’s large homeless population the emergency medical and mental health services they need, Mayor Darrell Steinberg is threatening city residents with tent cities in their neighborhoods. Calling Sacramento residents “NIMBYs,” Steinberg wants the city...
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Several Mental Health Reforming Bills Signed By Gov. Newsom

September 26, 2020   8:03 am
On Friday, Governor Gavin Newson signed into law several bills requiring California counties to have more mental health and substance abuse programs, and for health insurance companies to pay for more such programs under the new term “medical necessity.” Several...
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